Threads Replies Last Post 6 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6   Can I upgrade WS Code Name 'Longhorn' Beta 2 to WS 2008 Beta 3? Can I upgrade Windows Server Code Name 'Longhorn' Beta 2 system to Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition Beta 3 or to another edition without reinstalling system?... 4 21.06.2007 07:55:47 windows 2000 migration to sbs 2003 I am migrating a Windows 2000 Server to a new machine running SBS 2003 Premium. The Windows 2000 server also runs SQL 2000 for our business application and I am concerned about any problems I might have with SQL when I run dcpromo on the old Windows 2000 Server (removing it as a Domain Controller to a Member Server). Has anyone done this before? I hope to continue to use SQL 2000 on this... 2 21.06.2007 06:00:38 domain controller won't gracefully demote I have two SBS 2003 domain controllers. We just brought DC 2 into the domain with dcpromo, everything went fine. Transfered all 5 FSMO roles to it DC 2 (ntdsutil verifies this) including global catalog server to. Now I want to demote DC 1, but it gives me an error something like "cannot locate another domain controller". On DC 2 I can see all the DNS and Active Directory objects have... 6 21.06.2007 04:58:53 NT 4.0 to Win2k3 ??? Can someone give me some advice ??? How do you go from NT 4.0 to Windows 2003 ??? We have a simple environment - an NT 4.0 PDC, and a BDC. We have a domain that we are currently using, lets call it OLDDOMAIN. We have a newer server that I am wanting to load Win2k3 on it. I want to make it a new domain, called NEWDOMAIN. Over the course of time, we have had a lot of "dead"... 7 20.06.2007 08:40:16 Hardware Wizard Hey. I re-installed Windows XP, which seems to be the root of numerous problems. The main one is that my Hardware Wizard used to install stuff, for instance, I'd plug in my webcam, and I'd click "Install the software automatically (Recommended)". And then it would search for a bit, and install it, and it would work. Now when I try and do this, it says "The hardware was not install... 7 20.06.2007 08:37:08 Best way to auto synch just one folder for laptops attaching to the server? I have a client that travels a great deal. They want to automatically synch just one folder every time they bring their laptop in to work and connect to the domain. I'd like your suggestions about the best way to do this. Thanks ... 3 20.06.2007 02:38:56 EFS blocking users from accessing their encrypted files When we upgraded the server from Server 2000 to 2003 there were some user documents that were encrypted (not sure if before or after the upgrade). The users are now unable to decrypt the files, copy or even read them, and even though I took ownership of one of the files (as a test) as the domain admin, neither can I. The error message when trying to decrypt is: "An error occurred applying... 5 19.06.2007 23:05:56 Auto Start a bat file at Computer startup I am a Newbee, bear with me.. I need to run a bat file at computer startup ( windows 2003 server). I need to run this as a Local System and not as any profile. I have the bat file in the startup folder, but it only starts when I logon to the server. I need this to run this when the computer is rebooted or started. How can I do this. I googled and found some articles about setting in group ... 6 19.06.2007 10:13:45 move Windows 2003 server to a different hardware I am trying to move Windows 2003 server to a different hardware by restoring the backup of the Windows 2003 server to a different hardware. After finishing the restoring, I am trying to run winnt32.exe from CD to fix HAL mismatches. As the restoring makes the Operating system having Windows 2003 with SP1, I cannot run winnt32.exe from OEM CD because the Windows version is newer than... 5 19.06.2007 10:11:29 ADMTv3 Question The local admin forget that these computers login in multiple users so only the one user and the computer account was migrated. The other users still need to be migrated. What is the best way to fix the local profiles on the computer account on that has been migrated? Would the security translation wizard fix this issue? ... 3 19.06.2007 10:09:53 Transfer FSMO roles I am going to transfer FSMO roles to a different DC. But before I start to do this, I have a few questions: 1. What do I need to concern about during this process? 2. When is the best time to transfer FSMO roles? Will this process affect anything such as users, file access, etc...? 3. How long will it normally take to finish? We only have one domain with all FSMO roles and GC on on... 6 19.06.2007 09:52:02 Moving users to new SBS 2003 server My current Windows SBS 2003 SP1 server is no more. I have a new machine with Windows SBS 2003 R2 coming to replace it. My users only use Exchange for scheduling, all of their email is obtained from an external POP3 directly to their workstations. So all of the users' Exchange data is available on their workstations and is actually more recent that the data on the server. All recent b... 3 19.06.2007 09:44:27 migrate (copy) users to a new child domain I currently have an active directory with a parent domain and one child domain. Half of the users in the child domain are splitting off from the company and the requirements are to put them in a new child domain, but still under the same parent. I have read ways to do this with a single domain, but was wondering how to do this with a child domain. Profiles, policies, etc., I can recreate m... 2 19.06.2007 09:39:41 DCPROMO Error I have a windows 2000 network with one server that has windows 2000 sp3 and Exchange 2000 and another server with 2000 sp4. I moved all the FSMO roles to the server with SP4. I am trying to add a 2003 server to the domain. i have ran adprep/forestprep and domain prep on the 2000 dc and it completed fine. Now when i run dcpromo on the 2003 server i get this message about half way through;... 8 19.06.2007 09:10:19 migrate (copy) users to a new child domain I currently have an active directory with a parent domain and one child domain. Half of the users in the child domain are splitting off from the company and the requirements are to put them in a new child domain, but still under the same parent. I have read ways to do this with a single domain, but was wondering how to do this with a child domain. Profiles, policies, etc., I can recreate m... 1 19.06.2007 01:14:57 Migrate Workstations to New Domain and File Server? We will be rebuilding a Windows SBS domain and changing both the domain name and the name of the server used for sharing both printers and files. It is all one physical machine since it is SBS. What is the most efficient way to update the workstations to work with the new domain? I guess we can use USMT and to move user profiles, but the mapped printers, paths to network shares, Exchange ... 3 18.06.2007 10:32:18 Moviing RAID Array I have 2 almost identical Dell computers, one with a 3 SATA Disk RAID Array, the other without RAID. Windows is doing the RAID, no hardware RAID controller. The OS drive on the RAID computer died. Can I move the RAID drives to the other computer? What steps to add the RAID drives to Win2K3 and to retain all the old data? ... 6 18.06.2007 10:13:49 ADMT - WRN1:0198 The name 'hostname' could not be resolved I have an issue when running the ADMT Security switch from a Wndows 2003 DC in DomainA to a target server (Windows 2003) in DomainB. The error is WRN1:0198 The name 'hostname' could not be resolved. I'm running the command via a batch script, and have the same problem if run manually from the cmd. I have appended a $ to the hostname as per this article: http://www.tech-archive.net/Archi... 6 18.06.2007 09:51:39 Create Migration Log without running MSDSS? We are planning a migration from Netware 5.1 to a native Windows environment. We've been operating both in parallel for some time now, and the decision was made to phase out Netware by migrating all file servers to Windows as well. However, we already have user accounts for all of our employees, accounts with corresponding exchange mailboxes. As such, we assume we can't use MSDSS since it ... 4 18.06.2007 09:40:34 Added a 2003 server to a 2000 domain I am trying to add a 2003 server to a 2000 domain. i have ran adprep/forestprep and domain prep on the 2000 dc and it completed fine. Now when i run dcpromo on the 2003 server i get this message about half way through; The operation failed because: The Active Directory Installation Wizard was unable to convert the computer account Server-01$ to a domain controller account. "Access is... 2 15.06.2007 08:34:04 NTFS Security Migration Hi, Our client currently have two AD forest, A and B. Data will be copied from forest A to forest B with third party software to preserve NTFS security. After moving data, ACL on folders and subfolders in target domain will look like domainA\groupname. Using ADMT with SID to migrate global groups, I wonder if ACL on folders and subfolders in target domain will look like domainB\groupnam... 2 15.06.2007 07:49:40 Windows 2003 Standard to EE I have a server that is going to be upgraded from Windows 2003 Standard to Enterprise. The media that we got says it will not perform an upgrade because the version on the server is newer than the CD's and can only be done through a full installtion. Is there a way to get around this issue so that you can run the update rather than having to reload the server and all the software on i... 2 15.06.2007 05:54:48 Empty Root or Not We are looking at moving to a new forest with two domains. Do the advantages of creating an empty root in the new forest out weigh the additional cost or is regional just as good using OU's for security boundaries. BK ... 2 15.06.2007 05:50:50 How to remove deleted acct SIDs from many ACLs? Hello! We are in the process of moving much data from one network storage to another. We are having a problem w/ our copy process (robocopy) when it encounters a SID in the ACL of a folder. (The SID represents an account that has been deleted from AD, but this little bit of info remains in the ACL of folders on servers.) When it comes across one, the permissions are changed to Everyone/... 3 14.06.2007 14:36:44 Will SQL Server 2000 Client Tools compatible use in Vista hi, will the SQL Server 2000 Client Tools compatible in Vista? any sugest on it...... 2 14.06.2007 10:57:24 6 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6